Noel Hogan

Biography

Noel Anthony Hogan (born 25 December 1971) is an Irish musician and record producer best known as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries.

The Cranberries

Hogan formed the Cranberries, originally known as the Cranberry Saw Us, with his brother Mike on bass and Fergal Lawler on drums in 1989. The group originally recruited Niall Quinn on vocals, but after he left the band following their debut EP, he was replaced by Dolores O'Riordan. The band went on to sell more than 40 million records worldwide. In total, Hogan has released eight albums with the Cranberries.
The Cranberries went on a six-year hiatus from 2003 to 2009. However, after O'Riordan's death on 15 January 2018, Hogan confirmed the group's disbandment, which occurred after the release of the posthumous album In the End in 2019, saying: "The Cranberries without Dolores just isn't The Cranberries ... we won't replace our friend and lead singer".

Solo work

With the Cranberries on hiatus, Hogan turned to focus on his own music. He began working with programmer Matt Vaughan, who had already done work on unreleased Cranberries songs and Dolores O'Riordan's solo material. Mono Band was born with Hogan as the sole band member. With vocals being supplied by Richard Walters, Alexandra Hamnede, Kate Havnevik, and other guest artists, Hogan worked with Cranberries' veteran producer Stephen Street to compile a mix of 12 tracks. Working on his side project at the same time, saw their resulting debut album, Mono Band, released on 20 May 2005. Hogan and Mono Band vocalist Richard Walters went on to form Arkitekt. Arkitekt released two EPs at that time in 2009, working on new material.
Hogan's work independent of the Cranberries has been released on his own label, Gohan Records, and is published through Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the world.
Hogan has also been producing bands on the local music scene of Limerick. Gohan Records has recently released, in collaboration with Limerick Live 95FM's Green and Live show, "Tonelist", a collection featuring musicians in the Limerick music scene.
In 2022, Noel debuted The Puro, a new duo alongside Brazilian singer Mell Peck.

Musical equipment

Hogan's musical equipment that he has used with the Cranberries over the years includes:

Guitars

Gibson Les Paul Custom
PRS Guitars Artist 22
Fender Jaguar
Fender Telecaster
Fender Stratocaster
Gibson Jumbo Acoustic guitar
Taylor Jumbo Acoustic guitar
Gibson ES-335

Amplifiers

Vox AC30
Fender Twin Reverb
Marshall 30th Anniversary 3-channel head
Marshall 4x12 speaker cabinets
Diezel VH4 amp head
Mesa Boogie Mark II

Effects

Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo unit
Ibanez Tube Screamer Overdrive pedal
Pro Co RAT Distortion pedal
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Fuzz pedal
Zvex Fuzz factory pedal
Dunlop Manufacturing Tremolo pedal
DigiTech Whammy pedal
Electro-Harmonix Mirco-Synth pedal
Watkins Copicat Delay pedal
Line 6 Echo Park delay pedal